NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day 1 Completed
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
NL Hold'em 8-Max
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 Playground Poker Club World Cup of Cards
Buy-in
5,000 CAD
Prize Pool
150,000 CAD
Entries
44
Level
18
Blinds
3,000 / 6,000
Ante
1,000
Pascal Lefrancois Leads Day 1 Field of Event #22: $5,000 NL Hold'em High Roller
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A swift and wild Day 1 of the World Cup of Cards Event #22: $5400 NL Hold'em 8-Max has left just 12 players in the fight. The largest buy-in of the festival drew a total of 44 entries, building a prize pool of $213,400. Montreal Nationals star and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Pascal Lefrancois leads the remaining survivors into Day 2.
Lefrancois leaped into the chip lead on the very last hand of the night. Lefrancois got into a post-flop raise war with David Valcourt-Dube and Lefrancois' flopped set of eights faded Valcourt-Dube's top-pair and flush draw to bring the field down to 12. The hand left Lefrancois with 210,900, miles ahead of his closest competitor — Francois Goulet, with 148,700.
Domenic Triumbari ended play with the third best stack, sealing 144,400 in his bag. Almost wire-to-wire chip leader, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin lost a big hand to Goulet during the last level to end the day fourth in chips, bagging 139,000. Pierre-Paul Paulin rounds out the top five stacks with 121,600.
Originally scheduled to resume at 4 p.m. on Saturday, the players have decided to begin at 2 p.m. instead. The event is most likely to finish tomorrow as well, originally scheduled to play a third day. Another eight levels are currently on the slate but tournament staff will leave that decision in the player's hands.
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End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,900 | |
|
148,700 | -1,300 |
|
144,400 | 50,400 |
|
139,000 | -15,000 |
|
121,600 | 63,100 |
|
107,500 | 107,500 |
|
101,700 | 30,700 |
|
|
87,900 | 87,900 |
|
73,300 | 23,300 |
|
|
70,000 | -40,000 |
|
67,100 | 7,100 |
|
45,800 | -9,200 |
David Valcourt-Dube Busts on the Final Hand of the Night
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Pascal Lefrancois opened to 2,400 and David Valcourt-Dube made the call. The flop came 
, Lefrancois lead for 2,000, Valcourt-Dube raised to 5,800, Lefrancois three-bet to 12,000, Valcourt-Dube four-bet shoved, and Lefrancois snap-called.
Lefrancois: 
Valcourt-Dube: 
Both had flopped huge but Lefrancois was ahead, needing to hold to bust Valcourt-Dube. The board ran out 
, sending the pot towards Lefrancois and Valcourt-Dube towards the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,900 | 95,900 |
|
|
Busted |
Goulet Gets a Fold, McLaughlin Calls the Clock
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A massive pot had brewed between Francois Goulet and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin. With about 70,000 in the middle and a board reading 
, Goulet had shoved for his last 79,100.
Action was on McLaughlin and after a few moments agonizing in the tank, McLaughlin called the clock on himself. He would eventually make the fold and Goulet raked in the sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
154,000 | -17,000 |
|
|
150,000 | 9,500 |
Final Level of the Night Underway
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
As originally scheduled, play for the day will be completed after Level 10 concludes. What is shocking however, is the pace of play which scorched through the day. This event was to be a 3-Day event but that is almost certainly not going to happen as Saturday's Day 2 will in every likelihood, crown a champion.
Time will tell though as the average stack is, and has been over 100 big blinds for the entire duration of play on Day 1.
There are 15 players remaining.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Lefort Quad-Cools Cyr, Clash Royal-ty
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Thomas Lefort was all-in and at risk preflop against Jean-Louis Cyr, but had the best of it.
Lefort: 
Cyr: 
The board ran out 
, and Lefort hit not just one, but two kings to make quads, which was more than enough to score the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 30,500 |
Final Two Table Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
171,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
140,500 | -21,500 |
|
|
140,000 | 57,500 |
|
|
115,000 | 5,000 |
|
96,000 | 12,500 |
|
|
94,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
94,000 | 20,000 |
|
78,000 | -4,500 |
|
|
71,000 | 2,500 |
|
69,000 | -59,000 |
|
|
58,500 | -20,500 |
|
|
55,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
50,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
29,500 | -11,000 |
|
|
23,000 | -13,500 |
The Great One Scores a Hat Trick, Goulet Nails the Flop
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
With a board of 
, Peter Chien bet 9,000, Francois Goulet raised to 65,000, putting an all-in or fold decision on Chien, and Chien made the call.
Goulet: 
Chien: 
Chien was in trouble and would take his leave when the 
fell on the river, offering no help to his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
162,000 | 101,500 |
|
Busted |